Beaut

Pronunciation

• enPR: byoÍžot, IPA: /bjuːt/
• Rhymes: -uːt
• Homophones: Bute,

Origin

Shortened from beauty.

Full definition of beaut

Noun

1. (informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive.That new car of yours is a real beaut.
2. (informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
• 1942, Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning (2001), page 282:Bruno lifted his left hand out of the bucket in order to point out to Catfoot a lump, the size of a darning egg, over his left eye.
  "Ain't it a beaut, Cat? It's where he butted me."
• 1994, Stephen Jay Gould, Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History, page 109:In his most famous quip, La Guardia once remarked, “When I make a mistake it's a beaut!”
• 2000, James Patterson, The Midnight Club, page 272:Both of them were used to long surveillance stints. This looked like it might be a beaut.